Abstract

This book is a basic introductory guide on the nature and extent of the supervision of postgraduate studies at a tertiary institution in South Africa. Many books on this topic have been published and are presently available. However, the mere fact that the author through his research and years of professional experience and guidance of postgraduate students, has not found the ultimate guiding book on professional and effective postgraduate guidance and still deemed it necessary to publish another, suggests that there is still a real need for a more practice oriented book at all universities.